Device setting system, device setting method and image forming apparatus

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a device setting system comprises a device and an information terminal. The device prints its own current setting value on a sheet in machine-readable form or by using another apparatus. The device acquires a new setting value and reflects the current setting value to be a new setting value. The information terminal reads the printed sheet in machine-readable form, acquires the current setting value of the device from the data read by the reading unit in machine-readable form and changes the setting value to the new setting value and outputs the new setting value changed by the analysis unit in machine-readable form.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device setting system, comprising:
 a device configured to print its own current setting value on a sheet in machine-readable form or by using another apparatus, acquire a new setting value and reflect the current setting value to be a new setting value; and   an information terminal includes:
 a reading unit configured to read the printed sheet in machine-readable form; 
 an analysis unit configured to acquire the current setting value of the device from the data read by the reading unit in machine-readable form and change the setting value to the new setting value; and 
 an output unit configured to output the new setting value changed by the analysis unit in machine-readable form. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device setting system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the device prints the new setting value on the sheet in machine-readable form or by using another apparatus.   
     
     
         3 . The device setting system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the output unit is an image display which displays the new setting value in machine-readable form; and   the device reads the displayed image by using a scanner unit.   
     
     
         4 . The device setting system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the output unit is a liquid crystal display having a plurality of optical sensor elements therein; and   the reading unit refers to the plurality of optical sensor elements and reads the sheet facing the liquid crystal display.   
     
     
         5 . A device setting method, comprising:
 printing its own current setting value on a sheet in machine-readable form or by using another apparatus through a device to be maintained;   reading the printed sheet in machine-readable form, acquiring the current setting value of the device from the read data in machine-readable form, changing the setting value to a new setting value and outputting the new setting value in machine-readable form through a computer; and   acquiring the new setting value and reflecting the current setting value to be the new setting value through the device.   
     
     
         6 . The device setting method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the device prints the new setting value on the sheet in machine-readable form or by using another apparatus.   
     
     
         7 . The device setting method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the output of the computer means to display the new setting value in machine-readable form on a display unit; and   the device reads the displayed image by using a scanner unit.   
     
     
         8 . The device setting method according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the computer includes a liquid crystal display having a plurality of optical sensor elements therein and reads the sheet facing the liquid crystal display.   
     
     
         9 . An image forming apparatus, comprising:
 a printer unit configured to print its own current setting value on a sheet in machine-readable form;   a scanner unit configured to read the printed sheet in machine-readable form based on a new setting value; and   a controller configured to reflect the current setting value to be a new setting value   
     
     
         10 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the printer unit prints the new setting value on the sheet in machine-readable form.